OCEAN CITY – With the summer season rapidly approaching, despite the continued dreary weather, the town is still struggling to fill out its transportation department workforce.
During Tuesday’s Ocean City Transportation Committee meeting, members got their typical briefing on bus driver and Boardwalk tram driver recruitment and retention efforts.
It’s no secret Ocean City, like most jurisdictions and the private sector, continues to struggle to fill out its staffing ranks for a variety of reasons. Finding qualified transportation department employees, including bus drivers and Boardwalk tram drivers and conductors has been particularly challenging because of the special skill sets needed, including, in most cases, commercial driver’s licenses (CDL), drug screenings and other training and qualifications.
Earlier this year, town officials implemented some incentives to attract new drivers and retain existing ones, such as signing bonuses, wage increases and loyalty bonuses, for example, and they have worked to some degree, but the full complement of drivers needed is still coming up short heading into the middle of May. Operations Manager George Peake provided an update to the committee on Tuesday.
“With the buses, we currently have 59 drivers plugged into the summer schedule,” he said. “I’m encouraged overall. We also have a full complement of supervisors and they can be called on to drive a shift here and there if need be.”
Full complement of supervisors, yes always enough bosses.
THEY are the REASON you have No drivers for the season !!!! GLAD of it You deserve it !!!!
Nobody putting up with Micro Managers for the Little Money they Pay !!! Dream On !!!
To Many MICRO-MANAGERS !!!! Nor enough $$$$$$$ to put up with them !!!!!
the Stuper-visors were a Nusiance & Distraction !!! Drivers Supervise their Own Bus Period !!
Drivers don’t need stupid supervisors Stopping their Bus , hiding on the corners &
Yelling at the Customers like madmen !!!!!
Sneaking all around to Hop on your bus to intimidate you !!!! SHOVE the JOB !!!!!
An OLD Click that needs to GO !!!! They have it made while they Harass the Drivers all summer
Do away with their Boardwalk Micro Managing center bldg !!! NOT needed
FIRE Vernon Perdue !!! # 1
Too many & NOT NEEDED !!!!!!! They can’t Drive YOUR BUS Only YOU !!! Your License !!!!
Compliment of SCUM !!!!! You had the same problem last summer !!! Nobody wants to work there
This CLICK of supervisors is all the the city cares about > NOT You !!! They have been there for
too many years & have it all the way they want for themselves !!!! Make them DRIVE their own
damn buses !!!!
George Peake is the operations manager. LOL. When he was a driver and made supervisor on the grave yard shift he was nowhere to be found. I know that as a fact. So that should tell you something about the bus operation. Nothing being said about the favoritism and always missing money where the ridership tickets and the money collected was short 50% of the time.
No one wants to deal with the thugs that have taken over Ocean City.
Nothing new here. Been a problem, continues to be a problem….who cares about buses….there is lack of HELP everywhere else. Until that is addressed, moving people on the drunk bus means nothing.
There isn’t a lack of help everywhere.
That was a pile of bs created by the media to push an agenda
If there truly was a lack of help wages would be rising and they aren’t
Job I had 10 years ago is paying the same wage now, and they still have $hitty health insurance.
Huh? OC is front and center. So the island is ready for this weekend as a dress rehearsal for the kickoff memorial day weekend?? Hahahahahah
We still have shortages via the Syscos and US Food services groups….prices are way way high for meat poultry and trucked in frozen seafood. Yes vacationers, most of our seafood is not local. Wages are higher which means more corners to cut AND there is a lack of hired help to run the show.
10 yrs 20 yrs 30 yrs hell 40 year ago doesnt matter. Hell we made it through several gas shortages……but food supplies and help. Here now and the future matters.
Plenty of help my arse.
Rickie…..enjoy ur last full moon eclipse in office. U and others are DONE
Better Pay $25.00 an hour or FORGET IT !!!!!
Best drivers LEFT a LONG time ago to Never return !!! FACT All because of Dirty Supervisors Never Fired !!!
Is there a requirement to be fully vaccinated with the clot shots? For example, the company I work for has that requirement in place to have all the shots and is having a hell of a time finding someone. I’m talking about a job that pays 100k plus a year. There has been qualified folks interested in the job, but none want to get the clot shots.
You wanna be a Puppet or Robot Go ahead !!!!!
They drive your bus from the boardwalk , but you are in the driver’s seat > Your License !!!!
GLAD they are Struggling !!!!! I don’t need it ANYMORE !!!!! LOL LOL LOL LOL
They treated me like shhht my last summer of two I drove buses there !!! NEVER MORE !!!
They Sceem to get rid of anyone who they choose to pick on & harass !!!! NO job security